enk
Bavarian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German enk, enik, the accusative and dative second person dual pronoun. Cognate with Old English inc (dative second person dual pronoun).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
enk
- you (accusative and dative, plural)
- Ku oana vo enk darråtn vo wo der Dialekt isch?
- Can anyone of you guess where this dialect comes from?
Synonyms edit
See also edit
Bavarian personal pronouns
nominative | accusative | dative | |||||
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stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | stressed | unstressed | ||
1st person singular | i | — | mi | — | mia (mir) | ma | |
2nd person singular (informal) |
du | — | di | — | dia (dir) | da | |
2nd person singular (formal) |
Sie | — | Eahna | — | Eahna | — | |
3rd person singular | m | er | a | eahm | 'n | eahm | 'n |
n | es, des | 's | des | 's | |||
f | se, de | 's | se | 's | ihr | — | |
1st person plural | mia (mir) | ma | uns | — | uns | — | |
2nd person plural | eß, ihr | — | enk, eich | — | enk, eich | — | |
3rd person plural | se | 's | eahna | — | eahna | — |
Breton edit
Adjective edit
enk
Related terms edit
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch enc, ultimately from or related to Proto-Germanic *angraz (“meadow, lowland”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
enk m (plural enken)
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German enge, from Old High German engi. Cognate with German eng, Dutch eng. The expected form would be eng (because of the final -e in Middle High German). The -k developed first in the uninflected stem by analogy with adjectives such as jonk, and was later generalised to all forms.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
enk (masculine enken, neuter enkt, comparative méi enk, superlative am enksten)
Declension edit
declension of enk
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass enk | si ass enk | et ass enk | si si(nn) enk | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | enken | enk | enkt | enk |
independent without determiner | enkes | enker | |||
dative | after any declined word | enken | enker | enken | enken |
as first declined word | enkem | enkem |